French Jew share prestigious Nobel Prize in Physics

American David Winel & Moroccan Serge Haroche, of Moroccan origin, wins prize for groundbreaking advances in quantum systems.

By JTA

Serge Haroche, a French-Jewish physicist, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with David Wineland from the United States.

Nobel prize winners: Haroche (left,) Wineland – Photo: REUTERS/Scanpix Sweden

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 went to the scientists “for groundbreaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems,” the website of the Nobel Prize said.

According to the BBC, the pair developed solutions to pick, manipulate and measure photons and ions individually, allowing an insight into a microscopic world that was once just the province of scientific theory. Continue Reading »

Chavez victory in Venezuela brings praise from Ahmadinejad

Iranian president congratulates 3rd time elected Venezuelan Hugo Chavez and expresses hope for increased cooperation between the 2 allies.

By AFP

 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday extended congratulations to his “dear brother” Hugo Chavezon his being reelected as Venezuela’s president, the ISNA news agency reported.

Hugo Chavez

“I wholeheartedly congratulate you and the great nation of Venezuela on holding a passionate election and your renewed election as president,” Ahmadinejad told Chavez in a message published by the news agency.

Iran is ready to “increasingly develop cooperation” with Venezuela and bolster the two nation’s “joint regional and international goals,” the message said. Continue Reading »

Are the U.S. and Israel considering a joint ‘surgical strike’ on Iran’s nuclear facilities?

David Rothkopf, a former Clinton administration official, writes attack which could not be carried out by Israel alone, in his opinion, would neutralize Republican criticism.

The United States and Israel are considering the possibility of a joint “surgical strike” against Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to a Foreign Policy report by David Rothkopf published Monday.

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A U.S. Air Force long-range B-52 bomber arrives in western England, March 3, 2003. – Photo by AP

While Israel and the U.S. still don’t entirely agree on the “red line” which would trigger a military response, the report said that the Israelis are now suggesting a more limited attack than was previously debated. Continue Reading »

Syrian Rebels Take More Hizbullah Hostages

Once again, Hizbullah terrorists taken hostage in Syria, by Free Syrian Army fighters.

By Scott Krane

 

Syrian rebels say they have detained 13 Hizbullah members and are holding them in a village outside of Homs. Free Syrian Army fighters are also threatening to invade Homs, according to a source. The FSA is protesting Hizbullah’s support for the regime of Bashar Assad.

One source quoted in the foreign press said “They [Hizbullah detainees] have confessed to killing and slaughtering [people] in Syria…”

The source insists that Hizbullah is “deeply involved” in the Syria fighting, and the fate of the 13 hostages was “in the hands of [FSA] field commanders.” Continue Reading »

Fatah Leadership: Palestinians haven’t abandoned armed struggle

Mahmoud Aloul, a Member of Fatah Central Committee says “no one has dropped armed resistance from his dictionary,” & points out Fatah political program has reaffirmed ‘resistance is legitimate right against Israeli occupation.’

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The Palestinians have not abandoned the option of armed struggle against Israel, a top Fatah official in the West Bank said on Monday.

Palestinians wearing Hamas, Fatah masks

Palestinians wearing Hamas, Fatah masks – Photo: REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah

Mahmoud Aloul, a member of the Fatah central committee and former Palestinian Authority governor of Nablus, said that although the Palestinians have agreed to launch a “popular resistance against occupation, no one has dropped the armed resistance from his dictionary.”

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Patriot Anti-Missile Battery Deployed in Northern Israel

Patriot anti-missile battery installed on Mt. Carmel near Haifa in what the IDF reports is “not an unusual thing.”

By Chana Ya’ar

 

A Patriot anti-missile battery has been installed in the north, atop Mt. Carmel near Haifa. However, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, deployment of a Patriot battery “is not an unusual thing.”

The system, operated by the IDF Air Defense Command, is capable of intercepting flying objects (balllistic missiles, aircraft and other threats) at ranges between 60 to 160 kilometers ( 37 to 99 miles). The Patriot system was used during the Gulf War to intercept missiles fired at Israel from Iraq. Continue Reading »

The Arab Spring & the Israeli Enemy

Israeli soldiers attack & mistreat Palestinians.  Israeli planes & tanks attack various Arab countries. But, do these attacks match the current atrocities being committed by some Arab states against their own people?

By Abdulateef Al-Mulhim

 

Thirty-nine years ago, on Oct. 6, 1973, the third major war between the Arabs and Israel broke out. The war lasted only 20 days. The two sides were engaged in two other major wars, in 1948 and 1967.

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    Abdulateef Al-Mulhim

The 1967 War lasted only six days. But, these three wars were not the only Arab-Israel confrontations. From the period of 1948 and to this day many confrontations have taken place. Continue Reading »

Fracking becomes a greener proposition

 

Israel’s Flow Industries produces an ‘air gun’ for eliminating industrial blockages, & it may also provide a solution for extracting shale oil.

 

Hydraulic fracturing – fracking — is one way to extract valuable shale oil and gases from deep underground by injecting a highly pressurized fluid into rock to pull out the fossil fuel. Those in favor of fracking say that it will help America become energy independent, while growing numbers against it are highly critical of the risks such as groundwater contamination, surface spills and even mini-earthquakes.

Airshock in action.

Airshock in action.

An established industrial plumbing company from Israel has a technology that may help bridge the divide between industry and environmentalism when it comes to the fracking debate.

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Hungarian radio station praised assult on Jewish leader

Hungarian Nationalist radio claimed recent attack on 62-year-old Budapest Jewish leader was a “response to general Jewish terrorism.”

By JTA

A Hungarian nationalist online radio station called the recent assault on a Jewish community leader in Budapest a “response to general Jewish terrorism.”
Hungarian police officers -Photo: REUTERS

Hungarian police officers – Photo: REUTERS

“Predictably and unfortunately, the good attackers were captured very quickly,” the news edition of Szent Korona Radio, or Holy Crown Radio, reported.

The report was about the arrest of two men, 20 and 21, last Friday on suspicion that they physically and verbally assaulted the 62-year-old president of the Jewish congregation of the Hungarian capital’s South Pest district. Continue Reading »

Palestinian attempts smuggling 3 snakes into Israel from Jordan

Border guards discover rare snakes in Palestinian’s luggage

Smuggler taken into custody, snakes transferred to Parks Authority

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

Security guards on the Israeli border with Jordan were surprised on Sunday during a routine security check, when the X-ray machine used to check luggage, suddenly revealed three snakes that were hidden in the bag of a Palestinian man from Ramallah.

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Snakes found in Palestinian’s bag – Photo: Israel Police

The guards asked the man to open his luggage, and in it they found a plastic box with three rare snakes. The man attempted to smuggle the snakes into Israel. Continue Reading »

IDF response to Hamas rocket fire & hits Gaza targets

The IDF retaliated to a barrage of rockets on southern Israel by Palestinian terrorists.

Palestinians claim 16 civilians injured by IDF strikes since Sunday.

 

The Israel Defense Forces struck a number of sites in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including one located in a mosque, in response to continued rocket and mortar fire by Hamas and Islamic Jihad toward southern Israel throughout the morning.

Maj. Gen. Tal Russo and Eshkol Regional Council head Haim Yalin.


GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Tal Russo with Eshkol Regional Council head Haim Yalin, October 8, 2012. – Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz

In a statement released Monday, the IDF spokesperson said that the IDF hit “a number of terror cells and targets of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in response to the rockets fired this morning toward territory of the state of Israel.” Continue Reading »

Israel Could Go ‘Solo’ on Iran in 6-8 Months

Former Ambassador to Washington Zalman Shoval reports that Israel believes it can succeed in a “solo” mission

Netanyahu to meet European leaders to press them on stiffening punitive measures on Iran.

News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli leaders remain intent on acting to degrade Iran’s nuclear capabilities, probably within six to eight months, and Israel believes it has the capability to succeed in such a mission, an envoy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Foreign Policy’s The Cable on Friday.

Satellite image of Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran. – Photo: AP

Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S. and Israel Hayom columnist Zalman Shoval, who is considered close to the prime minister, told the publication that the recent tensions between Washington and Jerusalem over “red lines” over Iran’s nuclear program have been “dialed down.”

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UK think tank challenges EU on its Hezbollah torpor

Whereas Canada, Holland & the U.S. recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, the EU does not.

By JONNY PAUL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

LONDON – A prominent British think tank has launched a campaign calling on the EU to proscribe Hezbollah in an effort to sever its funding base in Europe and thwart its influence in the Middle East.

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Hezbollah parade in Beirut – Photo: Sharif Karim/Reuters

The Henry Jackson Society wants the EU and the UK to formally outlaw Hezbollah in its entirety – in line with the US, Canada and the Netherlands – and recognize it as “a terrorist organization that consistently uses violent terrorist tactics.”

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Nabed ‘red-handed’ – Settlers attacked cops posing as Palestinian shepherds

Undercover policemen who were posing as Palestinian shepherds were beaten by Jewish settlers with clubs.

Legal aid org: Police treats settlers like ‘worst enemies’.

By Itamar Fleishman

 

Three young Jewish settlers are suspected of attacking undercover police officers who were posing as Palestinian shepherds. One officer was injured in the incident.

According to police, the suspects punched the officers and attacked them with clubs because they assumed they were Arabs approaching the farm they were staying in. The Mount Sinai farm is located in the south Mount Hebron area.

On Sunday the Jerusalem District Court extended the suspects’ remand until Tuesday. Continue Reading »

French President to Jewish Leaders: We will fight anti-Semitism with ‘greatest firmness’

Meeting between President Hollande & community heads comes after raids on Islamist cell, shooting incident near Parisian synagogue.

France is boosting security at Jewish religious sites after blanks were fired at a synagogue west of Paris amid renewed concerns about anti-Semitism around the country.

French President Francois Hollande meeting with Jewish leaders.


France’s President Francois Hollande and French Jewish leaders following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on October 7, 2012. Photo by AFP

French President Francois Hollande met Sunday with leaders of the country’s Jewish community and pledged to fight extremism and anti-Semitism “with the greatest firmness.”

He said that authorities “in the coming days, in the coming hours” will increase security at Jewish religious sites so they won’t be subject to the kind of attack that targeted a synagogue in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on Saturday night. Continue Reading »